Last Week on July 21 ,Meridian Cosmo City initiated a street store COSMO CITY – Scores of residents visited the street store

Lusanda Mtembu (Grade 6 pupil) Maki Mtembu, PA at Meridian Cosmo City and Thando Dubase (Grade 3 pupil) at the street store.
Meridian Cosmo City, an independent school managed by Curro Holdings, initiated a street store to assist the needy.

The store is a rent-free, premises-free, pop-up clothing store for the homeless, found entirely on the street and stocked by donations.

Grade 10 and 11 pupils spent their final day of school holidays celebrating Mandela Day by helping residents to select suitable items. The day began with curious Cosmo City community members gathering at the school grounds.

Original street store co-founder, Kayli Levitan, opened the store and commented that this was the largest street store that she had ever attended – both in turnout and in the number of donations collected.

This charity initiative was part of a life orientation project which pupils spent the past few months planning to coincide with Mandela Day.


It is based on the notion that those in need can shop at the street store for suitable clothing items – at no cost.

“A number of Curro schools collaborated on this project, with Meridian Cosmo City being selected to host the event in order to meet the needs of the greater community. Our pupils have embraced this initiative as a way to give back,” said Judy Wearne, Meridian Cosmo City street store co-ordinator and operational head at Curro Castle Waterfall.

The pre-established street store initiative won favour with pupils as they felt it was a concept that holds the same ethos as that of their school. “It is the perfect initiative to help us celebrate Madiba’s attitude towards charity while respecting fellow community members,” said Shawn Anza, Grade 11 pupil.

“We are thrilled that such an initiative has made its way to Cosmo City. We love that people from so many different backgrounds give back in their own way,” Levitan proudly said.

Details: Meridian Cosmo City, 087 285 4690.

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